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Entertaining Satan [[electronic resource] ] : Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England



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Autore: Demos John Putnam Visualizza persona
Titolo: Entertaining Satan [[electronic resource] ] : Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2004
Edizione: New Edition
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (560 p.)
Disciplina: 133.430974
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Soggetto topico: New England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
Witchcraft -- New England -- History -- 17th century
Witchcraft - History - 17th century - New England
Magic
Superstitions
Spiritual Therapies
Complementary Therapies
Culture
Anthropology, Cultural
Therapeutics
Anthropology
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Parapsychology & Occult Sciences
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Introduction; ONE: BIOGRAPHY; 1. ""A Desolate Condition""; 2. ""Peace with No Man""; 3. Witches: A Collective Portrait; TWO: PSYCHOLOGY; 4. ""A Diabolical Distemper""; 5. ""Let Me Do What I Could""; 6. Accusers, Victims, Bystanders: The Innerlife Dimension; THREE: SOCIOLOGY; 7. ""The Mind of Our Town""; 8. ""Hard Thoughts and Jealousies""; 9. Communities: The Social Matrix of Witchcraft; FOUR: HISTORY; 10. ""From Generation to Generation""; 11. ""Hearts Against Hearts""; 12. Communities: Witchcraft over Time
Appendix: List of Known Witchcraft Cases in Seventeenth-Century New EnglandNotes; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Sommario/riassunto: In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a new Preface tha
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ISBN: 1-280-53318-8
1-283-42705-2
9786613427052
9786610533183
0-19-972631-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454130803321
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